The Mob, Vegas, and Tea

Every month I do an art-reading project with first graders in Watts.

Every month, their reading skills get better, and I think their art (which is always amazing) becomes more creative.

Today we read UFO Diary and then we made spaceships.

One girl almost cried because she didn't feel like her alien looked good enough.

As we read from big piles of books on a long table, one of the stories I read out loud had the word "naked" in it. And every time I read the word, two girls wouldn't stop laughing.

Some of the loveliest language out there in books today is actually in children's literature. Sometimes the storylines are surprisingly profound.

Here's my favorite line from today. A bear says this to a fox:
"You know how beauty always makes me cry."